Friday, May 22, 2009

random childhood viruses

So this last week Samuel had two days of a high fever (102+ degrees) followed by a rash all over his stomach and back. The rash is not itchy or painful in any way, just a bunch of red spots that happen to be there. I talked to the pediatrician and double checked with John and the verdict: just one of those random childhood viruses. Whatever!Maybe it is just me but I don't remember ever getting any of these random childhood viruses when I was a kid. Is this an east coast thing or have they become more rampant over the years? Thank goodness this virus is at least benign. Heavens forbid we go through Hand, Foot and Mouth again!

When the fam and I were at Disneyland last week, I thought of you guys when I passed one of the newer attractions; a Jedi Padouwan (SP?) training school. They had a new class every two hours or so, and they picked kids from the audience to get up and learn how to correctly use a light saber.